Return of the Vocations Crisis

by Marco Tosatti

The Catholics-per-priest ratio is worsening, especially in the West—yet Rome seems inclined to prevent traditional orders from growing.  Continue Reading »

10 Aug 2017

Lessons from an Era of Confusion

by George Weigel

“A man will give his life for a mystery, but not for a question mark.” Immediately after Vatican II, the North American College was a house of question marks—and worse-than-question-marks. The Catholic Church in America paid, and is paying, a heavy price for that season of deep confusion. Continue Reading »

11 Jan 2017

Let No One Look Down on Your Agedness

by James R. Rogers

Why do churches hire younger pastors? Continue Reading »

12 Jan 2015

Pastors Don’t Need to Enter Politics—They’re Already In It

by Peter J. Leithart

A friend is encouraging pastors to run for political office. Like everyone, he’s worried about America’s future, and he’d like to see more experienced Christian leaders in public office. It’s a good ol’ American tradition that goes back to the Founding, and it will bear fruit and frustration, generate success and cynicism, in roughly equal measure. Continue Reading »

7 Nov 2014